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Dutch students upcycle old KLM interior into new products
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Product Design
Students for the Design Academy Eindhoven turn discarded material from the KLM cabins into inventive new travel items.
4 Jun 15
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Matali Crasset’s “We Trust In Wood” project supports local craftsmen in France
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Product Design
Matali Crasset collaborates with craftsmen in the rural French woodland of La Muese.
4 Jun 15
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3 films by South African artist Michael MacGarry
Next Generation
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Film & Animation
Contrary to what he might have you believe, Michael MacGarry's film work is not "all theory and no practice".
4 Jun 15
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A cross-continental architecture studio with solutions for Harare’s informal traders
African Report
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Design Activism
The architects behind Studio [D] Tale propose a set of innovative designs to improve life for informal traders in African cities.
4 Jun 15
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5 tips for young architects from Thorsten Deckler
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Design Thinking
Thorsten Deckler, the co-founder of 26’10 South Architects, says sharpening your creative skills starts with looking outside the industry.
3 Jun 15
00:04:05
Beyond Entropy Africa: A new kind of common ground in Luanda
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Angola-based architecture group Beyond Entropy Africa brings radical change to an urban sprawl with a single plant.
3 Jun 15
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Online portfolio platform Format launches documentary series
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Design Thinking
“Inframe” is a new documentary series tracing the paths of photographers, artists, designers and illustrators around the world. Watch the first episode here.
3 Jun 15
00:52:54
William Kentridge on peripheral thinking
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Film & Animation
South Africa’s foremost artist demonstrates how productive procrastination is at the heart of his creative process.
3 Jun 15
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Trailer: William Kentridge on peripheral thinking
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Film & Animation
South Africa’s foremost artist demonstrates how productive procrastination is at the heart of his creative process.
3 Jun 15
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Tabanlıoğlu Architects recognised for Dakar Congress Centre
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Istanbul-based Tabanlıoğlu Architects wins a trio of awards, including one for the Dakar Congress Centre with its distinctive latticed roof.
3 Jun 15
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A cell phone designed to be used as little as possible
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
The Lightphone is a thoughtfully designed phone that allows you to be more connected to the moment.
2 Jun 15
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Skinny laMinx launches Diggi Dot collection
Product Spotlight
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African Design
South Africa's favourite fabric designer, Heather Moore of Skinny laMinx, goes all sweet and subtle in her new collection.
2 Jun 15
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Seven films about African creativity at Encounters
Design News
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Film & Animation
These films at the annual Encounters documentary festival probe compelling issues at play in Africa’s creative landscape.
2 Jun 15
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30 Weeks supercharges entrepreneurial training for designers
Design News
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Urban & Landscape Design
A team of New York design schools in collaboration with Google have created 30 Weeks, a hybrid between a tech incubator and design school.
2 Jun 15
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Surfers become citizen scientists with the Smartphin
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
The Smartphin enables surfers to collect vital information about the changing condition of the oceans in the hostile near-shore zone.
2 Jun 15
00:02:31
Students’ stop-motion animation of a Beatles classic
Next Generation
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Music & Sound Design
A group of AAA School of Advertising students have created a colourful contemporary video for the Beatles song “Come Together”.
1 Jun 15
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#DITakeover on Instagram: Marije Vogelzang
Lookbook
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Food Design
Food, a musical swing and red stockings populated our Instagram account as “eating designer” Marije Vogelzang took over.
1 Jun 15
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Alejandro Aravena’s UC Innovation Centre wins 2015 Design of the Year Award for Architecture
Design News
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Urban & Landscape Design
London’s Design Museum selects the Chilean’s university building over 15 other acclaimed nominees.
1 Jun 15
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Design Indaba announces its new documentary on William Kentridge
Design News
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Art & Photography
Watch the teaser for "William Kentridge: The Collaborative Artist", a candid, behind-the-scenes documentary by Design Indaba.
1 Jun 15
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Buzz lamp by The Artisan
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
A rugged copper-pipe lamp from Ingrid Auret and Jovan Geldenhuys of The Artisan launches today.
1 Jun 15
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Mikhael Subotzky & Patrick Waterhouse win Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015
Design News
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Art & Photography
Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse hailed for "Ponte City" book, which portrays the culture and community of Joburg's most famous building.
29 May 15
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"Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier" by Alan Warburton
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Music & Sound Design
Alan Warburton gives classical music a digital twist in this 3D-animated interpretation of Bach’s “The Well Tempered Clavier”.
29 May 15
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Tracing the intersecting lines of African food
African Report
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Food Design
Tuleka Prah tells us why the representation of African food needs a makeover, and how she plans on doing it.
29 May 15
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William Kentridge’s "Lulu" debuts at the Dutch National Opera
Design News
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Music & Sound Design
The South African artist brings a foreboding theatrical vision to Alan Berg’s famous liberetto piece.
28 May 15
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